[PATCH 02/17] riscv: add vectorized strnlen
Pincheng Wang
pincheng.plct@isrc.iscas.ac.cn
Thu Jul 16 15:00:33 GMT 2026
The vector implementation scans the string in vector-length chunks using
fault-only-first loads (vle8ff.v); vl is additionally capped by the
remaining count so the scan never reads past the maxlen-th byte and never
crosses into an unmapped page. This provides significant performance
improvements on RVV-capable hardware. Use conditional compilation to
fall back to the generic implementation when __riscv_vector is not
available, maintaining compatibility with non-vector RISC-V systems.
Signed-off-by: Pincheng Wang <pincheng.plct@isrc.iscas.ac.cn>
---
newlib/libc/machine/riscv/Makefile.inc | 4 +++-
newlib/libc/machine/riscv/strnlen-asm.S | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
newlib/libc/machine/riscv/strnlen.c | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 newlib/libc/machine/riscv/strnlen-asm.S
create mode 100644 newlib/libc/machine/riscv/strnlen.c
diff --git a/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/Makefile.inc b/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/Makefile.inc
index a410a512f..d3f72e471 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/Makefile.inc
+++ b/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/Makefile.inc
@@ -23,4 +23,6 @@ libc_a_SOURCES += \
%D%/strcmp.S \
%D%/strcpy.c \
%D%/strlen-asm.S \
- %D%/strlen.c
+ %D%/strlen.c \
+ %D%/strnlen-asm.S \
+ %D%/strnlen.c
diff --git a/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/strnlen-asm.S b/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/strnlen-asm.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57948857b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/strnlen-asm.S
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#if defined(__riscv_vector) && __riscv_xlen == 64 && !defined(__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__) && !defined(PREFER_SIZE_OVER_SPEED)
+.text
+.option push
+.option arch, +v
+.global strnlen
+.type strnlen, @function
+strnlen:
+ mv a2, a0
+ mv a0, a1
+.Lloop:
+ beqz a1, .Ldone
+ vsetvli zero, a1, e8, m1, ta, ma
+ vle8ff.v v0, (a2)
+ vmseq.vi v8, v0, 0
+ vfirst.m a4, v8 /* first occurrence of \0 */
+ csrr a3, vl
+ add a2, a2, a3
+ sub a1, a1, a3
+ bltz a4, .Lloop
+
+ add a1, a1, a3
+ sub a0, a0, a1
+ add a0, a0, a4
+.Ldone:
+ ret
+.size strnlen, .-strnlen
+.option pop
+#endif
diff --git a/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/strnlen.c b/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/strnlen.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb2bc2cf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/strnlen.c
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#if defined(__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__) || defined(PREFER_SIZE_OVER_SPEED) || !defined(__riscv_vector) || __riscv_xlen != 64
+# include "../../string/strnlen.c"
+#else
+/* strnlen defined in strnlen-asm.S */
+#endif
--
2.39.5
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